The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-05-12
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OfCI VI oAAN DAoeN> Ao
engendered by the late civil war woulC
be gone, forever gone. A new gen
Grafton has come on since the close o1
the war; the country has generally
prospered, and the South has certainly
made wonderful strides in the direc.
tion of a better social and financial
condition. Northern men, Northern
capital and Northern industry, have
poured into some portions Of the
South, and in the impetus given tc
material progress down there we have
recognized great promises for the fu-
ture; in beautiful phraseology we
have read of the sympathetic and
kindly associations Of the Veterans in
Blue and Gray, and it seemed that at
last the long-looked for era Of peace
and good-fellowship had arrived.
Occasionally, however, there arises
an occasion for the expression of the
true sentiment ranking in the Con-
federate breast-and that sentiment
never fails to manifest itself in out
spoken hatred of the Union and the
men who defended it.
In Kentucky last week the Democ-
racy held a State Convention and
nominated an Ex-Confederate Gen.
eral. S. B. Buckner. for Governor.
Buckner is the man who was captured
by Grant at Fort Donelson. His
nomination was all right, but Sena-
tor Blackburn took the occasion to
make few remarks about the con-
vention, in which he poured forth his
hatred Of the Union soldiers in the
most contemplate slurs. Regarding
the late Dependent Pension Bill,
which was designed to keep old and
helpless soldiers out of the poor
houses, Blackburn said:
1--WE have also the anti-pauper oint-
ment, which is to abolish vagabond-
ism by putting all the tramps on the
pension list. Grover Cleveland spoiled
the ointment, however, by putting a
fly in the first box
There you have it from a Demo-
cratic Senator. The old Union soldiers
are set down as "tramps,'' - and "vaga-
bonds" Well, in one sense perhaps
Mf. Blackburn feels justified in using
these terms. These old soldiers were
tramps, in that they tramped all over
the Solid South, searching for Demo-
cratic traitors who were trying to
shoot the Nation to death. They
were vagabonds, in that they were
willing to give up all the comforts
and luxuries Of home, and the
associations of friends, and make
Of themselves, wandering, fighting
heroes, undergoing all manner of
hardships, patiently, uncomplainingly.
In such sense, Blackburn might
claim that the old veterans are "vaga-
bonds"
But that is not the sense in which
he spoke. His sneering remark was
the expression of bitter hatred. There
is only one thing the Democracy of
the South hates worse than the
American flag, and that is the Union
soldier. There is deep-seated hatred
which cannot always be kept down,
even for policy's sake. There never
was any affinity between the Union
soldier and the Democratic party.
The old party never forgave even those
of it's own numbers whose love Ut
country exceeded their devotion to
party, and who assisted in crushing
the dangerous scheme of Democratic
treason. The time when these Dem
ocratic slurs can be effective in anger
ing the old soldiers themselves, is
passing rapidly away. Thousands
who returned from that long and
bloody contest, have since died; only
their friends remain to regard with
contempt such filings as this Black
burn was guilty of. Thousands Of
old soldiers yet remain. but they are
moved more by contempt than anger,
in the matter. Let the old snake still
give an occasional wriggle- teeth
were drawn by the bayonets Of the
brave Union boys, quarter of cen
tury ago. We would like to have
every old soldier in Jackson county,
yes, in Ohio, paste this little extract
from Blackburn's speech in his hat.
Then, as they stand by the flower
decked graves, on Decoration Day, let
them take it out and read it.
Suppose that the people would so
treat every doggery and pool room
and they are the same kind of things
in Jackson in such manner that
they would have to go out of business
and their proprietors go into some
honorable business. Does any man
believe that the the town would be